Walter Eustace Rhodes

Walter Eustace Rhodes (1872 – 13 July 1918) was an English historian, translator, librarian and soldier.^[1]

Walter Rhodes
Born	Walter Eustace Rhodes 1872 (1872)
Died	13 July 1918 (aged 46)
Cause of death	Killed in action
Nationality	English
Occupation	Historian
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Rank	Private
Service number	79174
Unit	Devonshire Regiment
Battles / wars	First World War  †

War memorial, Old Quadrangle, University of Manchester

Rhodes was the son of John and Ellen Rhodes, of Cheetham, Manchester.^[2] From 1895 until his resignation in 1903 he was the librarian of Owens College Library.^[3]

During the First World War he served as a private in the Devonshire Regiment. He was killed on 13 July 1918 and is memorialised on the war memorial of the University of Manchester.^[4]

Works

Rhodes made several contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography. He also had material published by the Chetham Society

• The Apostolical Life of Ambrose Barlow, (ed.) (1909) Manchester: Chetham Society
• Chetham miscellanies, (1909) Manchester: Chetham Society

Also:

• "The Italian bankers in England and their loans to Edward I and Edward II" in Historical essays by members of the Owens college, Manchester (1901) p. 137-168